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The Amex Airline Index
fell 0.5% by the close of trading, with eight of 13 stocks in the benchmark index ending down.

Crude-oil futures topped $93 a barrel for the first time Monday, reaching as high as $93.80, after oil supplier Petroleos Mexicanos suspended 600,000 barrels a day of production amid stormy weather in the Gulf of Mexico. See full story.

US Airways Group Inc.
ALK, -0.03%
shares lost 1% after Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Barry cut his target price on the stock by $5 to $31 and shaved profit forecasts for this year and next. Barry cited fuel pressure in the fourth quarter and a more modest outlook for unit sales growth next year.

Northwest Airlines Corp.
UAL, -1.38%
however, ended up 1.7% after rising as much as 5.5% earlier.

The Eagan, Minn., carrier said it swung to a third-quarter profit of $244 million, or 93 cents a share, beating forecasts of 76 cents a share as polled by Thomson Financial.

Also, CEO Doug Steenland said the carrier's management was analyzing its frequent flier plan for a possible spin-off, with an eye to the success Air Canada's parent had when it unwound its programs as a separately traded company. See full story.

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